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I've been reading about Champix and am going to give it a try.
How are you guys getting on - all still stopped.
I've got an appointment 21st for my first session and am hoping they will give me a prescription. I read that Wirral is well below it's targets for people stopping.
Does anyone know if Fender Way HC will issue Champix?

It will be 11 weeks on Friday for me Just tell them that you have tried everything - patches, lozenges, inhalator etc and they should give you it.

It's not for everyone - it's made quite a few of my friends sick as dogs but if you stick with it, it tends to wear off. I had a piece of toast just after mine and the nausea soon went.

Hope that helps

If not, feel free to ask away!

Well done you - congratulations.
I've been reading a forum (all 100+ pages!) and several on there say you must take the tablets after food or else you feel very ill.
Fingers crossed!

I've been a quitter for 2 years now!
was a heavy smoker on 40 a day!!
I quit due to being rushed to hospital for a op and was so ill i couldn't smoke even if i wanted to lol
but i was on patches before i got takin in.
I found they worked for me!

congrats to you!

Bloody hell that's a lot of pages!

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you

And thanks for the congrats - it's worth it, feel much better for it!!

I quit smoking for the seventh and final time back in April. I had smoked on and off for about twenty years i suppose.

I tried everything from hypnosis to cold turkey but i think what made the difference this time was that I went to my local doctors and saw the nurse there and she put me on the patches. They were strong at first and I did have a few sleepless nights because i was told to wear them over night because i was one of those ppl that had to smoke as soon as i opened my eyes lol. I wont pretend it was a walkover but because i had been desperate to give up for some years and because i developed asthma i realised it was time.

I hope this helps someone to decide and i would be happy to answer any questions

Well done you!!

This is my 4th time giving up, but I really wanted to give up this time and I think that is the difference. The other times it was because I was being pressured to give up. I'd been a smoker for 24 yrs, averaging 20-40 a day.

The only good thing about smoking was that it got me up and about after the hystericalectomy - I'd have stayed in bed until they discharged me otherwise because it hurt like hell

I tried the patches too but they were not strong enough and gave me horrific nightmares. Cold turkey just took me too close to comitting murder I don't think there is a right or wrong way - it's just a matter of finding what is right for you and don't see a setback as failure!

i used to do a lot of running and then came smoking. want to stop but any smoker will tell you how hard it is

I have to go - give my apologies to the Queen

Well done PJ

Must be getting on for 4 months for me now - cold turkey :Grin:

cold turkey hey....impressive

Very similar here. 12 years ago I was in hozzy for near 2 weeks. Used to see the guy opposite sneaking down to the smoking room dragging his drip trolly and thought how daft that was. I decided "no more" and have stayed with that. No patches or anything - just gave it up. Funny thing is that for the next year or so I ALWAYS kept an open pack in the drawer next to me at work - as a sort of "reminder of the temptation". In the house I still have a few unopened cartons of 200. After 12 years they must be a bit stale by now I guess.

Snod

Kudos to you Stuy You did it the hard way!